Barone: “This is pathetic. What are those “policies that continue to draw people to reside in California”? There has been net domestic outflow from California to other states for the last twenty years. And what about “to clearly communicate the project”? That’s not even good English and the Legislative Analyst’s Office reports make it clear that “the project” is based on the flimsiest suppositions.

California high-speed rail is a rathole down which the federal government is crazy to put a dime.”